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        In the table below, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> denotes
        an asynchronous write stream object, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">o</span></code>
        denotes an offset of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint64_t</span></code>,
        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cb</span></code> denotes an object satisfying
        <a class="link" href="ConstBufferSequence.html" title="Constant buffer sequence requirements">constant buffer
        sequence</a> requirements, and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">h</span></code>
        denotes an object satisfying <a class="link" href="WriteHandler.html" title="Write handler requirements">write
        handler</a> requirements.
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                  operation
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                  type
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                  semantics, pre/post-conditions
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_executor</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
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                  A type satisfying the <a class="link" href="Executor1.html" title="Executor requirements">Executor
                  requirements</a>.
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                  Returns the associated I/O executor.
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_write_some_at</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">,</span>
                  <span class="identifier">cb</span><span class="special">,</span>
                  <span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">);</span></code>
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span></code>
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                  Initiates an asynchronous operation to write one or more bytes
                  of data to the device <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>
                  at offset <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">o</span></code>. The
                  operation is performed via the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">io_service</span></code>
                  object <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_io_service</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
                  and behaves according to <a class="link" href="asynchronous_operations.html" title="Requirements on asynchronous operations">asynchronous
                  operation</a> requirements.<br> <br> The constant buffer
                  sequence <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cb</span></code> specifies
                  memory where the data to be written is located. The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">async_write_some_at</span></code> operation
                  shall always write a buffer in the sequence completely before proceeding
                  to the next.<br> <br> The implementation shall maintain one
                  or more copies of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cb</span></code>
                  until such time as the write operation no longer requires access
                  to the memory specified by the buffers in the sequence. The program
                  must ensure the memory is valid until:<br> <br> — the last copy
                  of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cb</span></code> is destroyed,
                  or<br> <br> — the handler for the asynchronous write operation
                  is invoked,<br> <br> whichever comes first.<br> <br> If
                  the total size of all buffers in the sequence <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cb</span></code>
                  is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>, the asynchronous
                  write operation shall complete immediately and pass <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code> as the argument to the handler
                  that specifies the number of bytes written.
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